There is way too mauch 'bismillah' and not enough 'laish' in this - for the non arabic speakers - bismillah is, depending on how you interperet it either the will of god or with the grace of god - 'laish' is why - simple enough - you would have thought they would have made the correlation and acted on it - oh hang on .....

Oh - and just for the wondering few out there - I am a Brit in Texas right now - but spent quite a few years overseas, rather like our eloquent sponsor here - go Dog - I love reading the old Nigeria stories - I mean - you couldn't make it up !

Others have addressed the "training" issue, so I'll address another. I see this as another case of them using our own tools against us.

This was a cartoon character designed to entertain. But it was also a tool for them just as are our aircraft, our open society, our religious tolerance, our wilingness to have foreign students in nuclear facility security courses, etc., etc., etc.

This one should be an icon for the practice of claiming political action under the guise of religion.

I kept thinking that one day that little girl will fully realize the inescapable horror of her low status in the world of Islam as a woman. For now, she's young, willing and useful, but when she's a bitter, wiser brood-mare, the world will never hear of it. Disgusting.

Any doubt who the enemy really is? Any doubt what their aims really are? How can the peace-niks out there still believe that we can just solve everything by talking and showing them how nice we are? Clearly the Pal's and the rest of the Arab world are taking steps to ensure that their young are fully programmed with a never-say-die level of hatred for all things non-muslim. Instead of reining in our efforts in Iraq, we should be expanding the assault to Syria, Iran and Gaza!

I guess it's the sicko in me, but I would love to have seen someone dressed as one of the WB cartoon characters from the 1940's (like Bugs Bunny in the Army or USMC uniform) suddenly jump on-scene and start whipping the sh** out of the guy in the Mouse suit.

Sigh. As has already been stated, stuff like this should illustrate to the West why Muslim extremists will never leave us in peace.

Oh, and one more thing - what about the irony that they have to use a symbol of Western commerce, success and creativity to get the attention of their children? As baffling as it may seem, there may be an up-side to this that we are missing, folks.

Oh, and I agree with Tam about the guy in the mouse suit, and I could just imagine him saying "want some candy, little girl?" Ew.

"For now, she's young, willing and useful, but when she's a bitter, wiser brood-mare, the world will never hear of it. Disgusting."

As a horseman, I believe I've seen broodmares treated a hell of a lot better.

"I guess it's the sicko in me, but I would love to have seen someone dressed as one of the WB cartoon characters from the 1940's (like Bugs Bunny in the Army or USMC uniform) suddenly jump on-scene and start whipping the sh** out of the guy in the Mouse suit."

1. US copyright law only applies in the US (or other countries with treaties/agreements to honor US copyright law). So, no, the Arabs in Palestine are not likely doing anything illegal with their use of Mickey.